Wood-Fired Pizza

[Dwight55]

In Delaware, Ohio, . . . about 10 years or so ago, . . . guy came into town with the wood fired pizza idea.

Rented a little hole in the wall on main drag, . . . was insanely small and crowded, . . . held maybe 16 people at one time.

Today, . . . he has THE corner business of the downtown main intersection, . . . took over two more store fronts to the North of the original, . . . has a gangbusters business going on now.

And YES, . . . his pizza is great.

I watched him, . . . his oven looked like a brown dirt igloo, . . . fire embers in the back, . . . pizza up front, . . . put on the door, . . . set the timer, . . . yank it out, . . . serve it, . . . get paid, . . . smile.

Plan some day to make one similar, . . . our of red clay tiles. It will be my SHTF oven out on the front porch, . . . where I can bake bread 24/7 and pizza if I want to.

May God bless,
Dwight

[Broncosfan]

Dwight55
Your idea of building sounds just about like mine. Have done some research over the last couple of years but just haven't had the time or extra $$$. One day it will happens. Since the garden hasn't done well I'm just trying my hand at something new.

[Inor]

Bronc -

If you want to experiment with baking on a grill, just pick up a package of Brown And Serve dinner rolls from your local stop-N-rob. Follow the instructions on the package but bake them on the grill instead of the oven. If you get them right (which is almost 100%), they are freakin' outstanding. If you torch them, who cares? - It costs you about $3 and it is a side dish that nobody will remember.

[Gambit]

this video is a good idea on how too make one
domes is most likely be the hardest part

[Gambit]

I found this video to be the easiest for a nimrod such as myself can even do
im sure you can fine a gaint beach ball to just as well and even more cheaper

[Broncosfan]

here is a simple pizza dough
no need to put it away in the fridge but it will make it better if you do

1 cup luck warm water
2 tbsp. good olive oil
1-2 tsp sugar. I like 1 teaspoon to help with foaming
3 cups of bread flour or 50/50 bread too all purpose flour
1 and tps salt
1 packet of yeast . never use instant yeast for anything!!

put water sugar and yeast together and let them make sweet love till it foams up, roughly 15 mins
add 1 tablespoon of oil then lightly mix flour and salt mix then kneed

put it in a bowl that's greased with the other tablespoon of oil so lightly covering the dough ball in and let it hang out for 1 and half hours or double in size
punch it down and let it rise once more 1 hour and a half or doubles in size again

that's it you done

*NOTE* never use more sugar then salt also sugar is not needed but I like to use sugar or even honey to help the yeast
also use cooking spray to help greasing the bowl, I spray the bowl and then add oil and I feel it just helps better

this dough is a stiffer dough and is good for a pizza grill pan so it don't drip threw the holes but if you use a stone I will add more water like a few tablespoons worth and maybe a little more oil

also never use instant yeast

ok hope that helps you and also get a standing mixer if you don't have one
I take that over any bread machine any day

Gambit
Do you know how long it will keep refrigerated? Have you ever froze it?

[Gambit]

Gambit
Do you know how long it will keep refrigerated? Have you ever froze it?

I kept them in the fridge for no more then 12 hours only because it changes the texture and to give it a more yeasty taste
If you freeze you need to wrap it in plastic wrap and make sure it don't have any air or extra moister
also you don't want to cot with too much oil if you freeze it so use cooking spray

I only frozen 2 times dough but they where Cuban bread and the first time I done it, it not come out well at all after 2 weeks. the second time it came out ok but I did not colt the dough with oil and I kept it in the freezer for about 3-4 weeks and it came out better but I wont do it again.

frozen bread/pizza dough you see in stores have so much shit in them to name. plus the pizza dough ones you see are not pizza dough but just bread dough, pizza dough is slightly stiffer then bread dough.

this dough recipe I posted is a simple one and nothing great but its really the only easy one I know that will work for you.

hope what I said helps and if you freeze this dough plz tell me how it comes out

[Broncosfan]

I kept them in the fridge for no more then 12 hours only because it changes the texture and to give it a more yeasty taste
If you freeze you need to wrap it in plastic wrap and make sure it don't have any air or extra moister
also you don't want to cot with too much oil if you freeze it so use cooking spray

I only frozen 2 times dough but they where Cuban bread and the first time I done it, it not come out well at all after 2 weeks. the second time it came out ok but I did not colt the dough with oil and I kept it in the freezer for about 3-4 weeks and it came out better but I wont do it again.

frozen bread/pizza dough you see in stores have so much shit in them to name. plus the pizza dough ones you see are not pizza dough but just bread dough, pizza dough is slightly stiffer then bread dough.

this dough recipe I posted is a simple one and nothing great but its really the only easy one I know that will work for you.

hope what I said helps and if you freeze this dough plz tell me how it comes out

I will let you know if I try to freeze it. Not sure how soon I will try it

[Broncosfan]

Second time around making progress. Made the dough in the bread machine just to save time. I made the dough the night before and refrigerated it. Worked well! Gambit's recipe to come later this fall as I have more time. I lightly baked both sides before we added toppings. Crust came out slightly thinner that a pan pizza. If anyone remembers Pizza Huts thick and chewy from the 70's this was very close. This was cooked in a Pit Boss pizza oven. Getting some experience before I jump into building a permanent masonry pizza oven.

[hawgrider]

Looks delicious!